The 1979 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 20th conference playoff in league history. The tournament was played between March 6 and March 11, 1979. All games were played at home team campus sites, including each of the two regional final series. By winning the regional tournaments, both Minnesota and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1979 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
The top eight teams in the WCHA, according to their final conference standings, were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No. 1 through No. 8. In the first round the first and eighth seeds, the second and seventh seeds, the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two-game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner. After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round. In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two-game, total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co-conference champions.
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Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
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The 1979 WCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournament was the 20th conference playoff in league history The tournament was played between March 6 and March 11 1979 All games were played at home team campus sites including each of the two regional final series By winning the regional tournaments both Minnesota and North Dakota were invited to participate in the 1979 NCAA Division I Men s Ice Hockey Tournament 1979 WCHA Men s ice hockey tournamentDatesMarch 6 11 1979Teams8Finals siteWilliams ArenaMinneapolis MinnesotaWinter Sports CenterGrand Forks North DakotaChampionsMinnesota 1 6th title North Dakota 2 3rd title Winning coachHerb Brooks 3 4th title John Gasparini 4 1st title WCHA Men s Ice Hockey Tournaments 19781980 Though not official designations Minnesota is considered as the East Regional Champion and North Dakota as the West Regional Champion Contents 1 Format 1 1 Conference standings 2 Bracket 2 1 First round 2 1 1 1 North Dakota vs 8 Colorado College 2 1 2 2 Minnesota vs 7 Michigan Tech 2 1 3 3 Minnesota Duluth vs 6 Denver 2 1 4 4 Wisconsin vs 5 Notre Dame 2 2 Second round 2 2 1 1 North Dakota vs 4 Wisconsin 2 2 2 2 Minnesota vs 3 Minnesota Duluth 3 Tournament awards 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksFormat editThe top eight teams in the WCHA according to their final conference standings were eligible for the tournament and were seeded No 1 through No 8 In the first round the first and eighth seeds the second and seventh seeds the third and sixth seeds and the fourth and fifth seeds were matched in two game series where the school that scored the higher number of goals was declared the winner After the first round the remaining teams were reseeded No 1 through No 4 according to their final conference standings and advanced to the second round In the second round the first and fourth seeds and the second and third seeds competed in an additional two game total goal series with the winners of each being declared as co conference champions Conference standings edit Note GP Games played W Wins L Losses T Ties PTS Points GF Goals For GA Goals Against 1978 79 Western Collegiate Hockey Association standingsvteConference OverallGP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GANorth Dakota 32 22 10 0 44 168 110 42 30 11 1 245 144Minnesota 32 20 11 1 41 177 116 44 32 11 1 239 147Minnesota Duluth 32 18 10 4 40 176 141 40 22 14 4 213 170Wisconsin 32 19 11 2 40 164 138 41 25 13 3 215 172Notre Dame 32 17 14 1 35 161 153 38 18 19 1 184 196Denver 32 14 16 2 30 147 174 43 20 20 3 188 217Michigan Tech 32 13 16 3 29 152 141 38 17 18 3 182 165Colorado College 32 11 19 2 24 144 185 38 12 24 2 165 218Michigan State 32 12 20 0 24 122 180 36 15 21 0 140 192Michigan 32 6 25 1 13 117 190 36 8 27 1 132 210Championship Minnesota North Dakota indicates conference regular season champion indicates conference tournament champion 5 Bracket edit 6 Teams are reseeded after the first round First RoundMarch 6 7Second RoundMarch 10 11 1North Dakota678Colorado College331North Dakota474Wisconsin272Minnesota567Michigan Tech313Minnesota Duluth52 6Denver242Minnesota263Minnesota Duluth134Wisconsin1155Notre Dame55Note denotes overtime period s First round edit 1 North Dakota vs 8 Colorado College edit March 6 North Dakota 6 3 Colorado College Winter Sports CenterMarch 7 North Dakota 7 3 Colorado College Winter Sports CenterNorth Dakota won series 13 6 2 Minnesota vs 7 Michigan Tech edit March 6 Minnesota 5 3 Michigan Tech Williams ArenaMarch 7 Minnesota 6 1 Michigan Tech Williams ArenaMinnesota won series 11 4 3 Minnesota Duluth vs 6 Denver edit March 6 Minnesota Duluth 5 2 Denver Duluth Arena AuditoriumMarch 7 Minnesota Duluth 2 4 OT Denver Duluth Arena AuditoriumMinnesota Duluth won series 7 6 4 Wisconsin vs 5 Notre Dame edit March 6 Wisconsin 11 5 Notre Dame Dane County ColiseumMarch 7 Wisconsin 5 5 Notre Dame Dane County ColiseumWisconsin won series 16 10 Second round edit 1 North Dakota vs 4 Wisconsin edit March 10 North Dakota 4 2 Wisconsin Winter Sports CenterMarch 11 North Dakota 7 7 Wisconsin Winter Sports CenterNorth Dakota won series 11 9 2 Minnesota vs 3 Minnesota Duluth edit March 10 Minnesota 2 1 Minnesota Duluth Williams ArenaMarch 11 Minnesota 6 3 Minnesota Duluth Williams ArenaMinnesota won series 8 4Tournament awards editNoneSee also editWestern Collegiate Hockey Association men s championsReferences edit Minnesota Men s Team History Retrieved June 1 2014 North Dakota Men s Team History Retrieved June 1 2014 Herb Brooks Year by Year Coaching Record Retrieved June 1 2014 John Gino Gasparini Year by Year Coaching Record Retrieved June 1 2014 2009 10 WCHA Yearbook 113 128 PDF WCHA Retrieved June 1 2014 2009 10 WCHA Yearbook 129 144 PDF WCHA Retrieved June 1 2014 External links editWCHA com 1978 79 WCHA Standings 1978 79 NCAA Standings 2013 14 Colorado College Tigers Media Guide 2013 14 Denver Pioneers Media Guide permanent dead link 2013 14 Minnesota Golden Gophers Media Guide Archived 2014 07 28 at the Wayback Machine 2012 13 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Media Guide 2013 14 North Dakota Hockey Media Guide 2008 09 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Media Guide History Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine 2003 04 Wisconsin Badgers Media Guide Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 WCHA men 27s ice hockey tournament amp oldid 1170921947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
